Light actuation of liquid by optoelectrowetting

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-228

  Chiou, Pei Yu ^a   Moon, Hyejin ^a   Toshiyoshi, Hiroshi ^b   Kim, Chang Jin ^a   Wu, Ming C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrowetting; Lap on a chip; Microfluid; Optical actuation of microfluid; Optoelectrowetting; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; ELECTRODES; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

ELECTROWETTING ELECTRODES; LAP-ON-A-CHIP; MICROFLUID; OPTOELECTROWETTING;

ELECTROLYSIS;

EID: 0038392962     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(03)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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